| starcraft said: To all those that think MS is lying, I'll point out that gamers were talking about shortages LONG before MS was. Also, if retailers really were refusing to take the consoles that sell (which they wouldn't as it makes NO business sense), MS would cut a deal, as they would have no choice, and buy back the Halo 360's. |
which they wouldn't as it makes NO business sense
It does make good business sense because how else are they gonna get rid of their huge stock? What doesn't make good business sense is MS buying back stock. Even if they just bought back 100,000 Halo Editions at $300 each, that's a $30 million buyback. And we all know there's a lot more Halo editions than that to buyback and they cost more than $300. After the buy-back, then what's MS gonna do? Bury the systems in the desert? I guess they could just re-skin the systems as Premium models, but that would still be a very costly measure.
My Top 5:
Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 3, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Chrono Trigger
My 2 nex-gen systems: PS3 
and Wii 
Prediction Aug '08: We see the PSP2 released fall '09. Graphically, it's basically the same as the current system. UMD drive ditched and replaced by 4-8gb on board flash memory. Other upgrades: 2nd analog nub, touchscreen, blutooth, motion sensor. Design: Flip-style or slider. Size: Think Iphone. Cost: $199. Will be profitable on day 1.
